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Racial and ethnic diversity is lacking among nonprofit leaders – but there are ways to change that

  • Written by Atinuke Adediran, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University
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About 87% of nonprofit CEOs in the U.S. were white in 2019, down from 90% in 2016. Similarly, roughly 78% of nonprofit board members were white in 2019, down from 84% in 2016, according to Board Source, a nonprofit that tracks this information.

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